Australian Submarine Petroleum Pipeline Locations

Australian waters contain the location of active and decommissioned submarine petroleum pipelines. The data set was delivered by NOPTA to CSIRO and is made publicly available by the NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub. It was last updated on 2026-04-16.

Use Cases

• Map marine energy infrastructure based on pipeline location data.
• Assess environmental risk zones based on the status of active and decommissioned pipelines.
• Conduct marine spatial planning based on known petroleum infrastructure locations.

Strengths

• Data includes both active and decommissioned pipeline statuses.
• Spatial coverage is explicitly defined as Australian waters.
• Data provenance is documented, citing NOPTA and CSIRO.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

NOPTA (National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator), delivered to CSIRO.

Collection Method

Delivered by NOPTA to CSIRO upon request.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-16 08:22:07.988705; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australian waters.